WHOOPS! I took an unintentional 2 month hiatus from Steemit. I made very little art, played lots of video games, and shaved my head (remarkably, unrelated to any mental breakdown). It felt awesome. I don’t

Every once in awhile, I have zero ideas on what to draw (or zero patience to finish a bigger project). For these times, I have a huge collection of interesting photo portraits on a Pinterest board for

Welcome to animation study #2! If you’re interested in my previous animation study on planning the spacing and timing of a simple animation, check it out here. I’m again using the excellent Animator’s

Hello! I’m wrapping up the concept development phase of a personal project and I wanted to share some of the materials. The next step is storyboarding, which I also hope to share, but won’t be completed

There’s a really beautiful spot in Griffith Park that looks like it’s a construction zone. It’s hidden behind these tall fences and if you blink while walking by, you might miss the entrance. It’s not

6 months ago, I drew this little witch on a piece of computer paper. I was sneaking the time in to draw her between tasks at work, and it gave me so much JOY to be drawing again. So here I am, 6 months

This is a tree from Lighthouse Park in Vancouver, where I was lucky enough to accompany my friend and mentor for a short trip. Vancouver is her hometown, and here she’s pictured with her poodle and her

If you didn’t catch my previous post with the animation study and plotting information, check it out here! So after gathering some information, reading the excerpts from The Animator's Survival Kit, and

Welcome to my first animation study post! Just a heads up that this first post is just the planning, and the animation will come in the next post. The exercise I'm planning here is from The Animator's

This is the second installment in my self-portrait series: reading. I was an avid reader my entire life until I started college, at which point my brain did a complete reboot and forgot to take reading

Hello, Steemit! I’m Ashley, and I’m an artist. I make (almost) exclusively digital art, including animated short films. I thought an interesting way to introduce myself would be with a timeline of self